xxix, 493 pages : 24 cm

In this magisterial study of the life and work of St. Anselm, Sir Richard Southern provides the definitive study of one of the most complex and fascinating philosophical minds in Christian history. St. Anselm brings together all the elements of a man whose intensely concentrated search for God filled all the phases and aspects of his life and work. Nothing in Anselm's thinking was simply ordinary or typical of his age. (Barnes & Noble)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Escape from confinement -- The year of decision -- Anselm and Lanfranc -- The years of silence -- Anselm's new start -- The great 'meditations' -- The nature and importance of friendship -- An unwelcome but enlarging world -- Anselm and the human condition -- 'Release my soul from this slavery' -- A new archbishop's problems of obedience -- The liberty of the church -- The liberty of a monastic community -- An old liberty : the primacy of Canterbury -- Anselm's earliest theological disciples -- The collectors of Anselm's words and letters -- Eadmer and Anselm -- A backward glance

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews